ECB protesters clash with Frankfurt police, tear gas deployed

Published time: March 18, 2015 06:04

Clashes have taken place in Frankfurt between Blockupy protesters and police on the day the European Central Bank headquarters open in the city, RT’s Peter Oliver reports from the scene. Tear gas has been deployed to disperse the demonstrators.

The protesters accuse the ECB of favoring the rich over the poor. They have set a police car on fire next to the ECB building.

Police cars on fire. Starting early in #Frankfurt
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— Peter Oliver (@PeterGOliver_RT) March 18, 2015

Thousands of people have been expected to come to Frankfurt Wednesday to protest against a crisis situation in Europe they say has been created by the ECB, EU and IMF, and mainly enforced by the German government.

First man standing. #Blockupy
#18M
#M18
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— Katharina Meyer zu E (@diezeitblume) March 18, 2015

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#Frankfurt
#18M
#Blockupy
– first pyros used 06:27 #Zeil
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— Thomas Occupy (@ThomasOccupy) March 18, 2015

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“@janmz
: 0708 gute Laune dank Tanzclowns:) #Hanauer
#18M
#Blockupy
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” SO geht farbenfrohe Demo.

— Maxine (@MaxineMuemmel) March 18, 2015

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.@polizeiberlin
auf der Hanauer, ziehen sich 7:23 zum Ostbhf. zurück. Im Hintergrund brennende Autoreifen. #Blockupy
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— Martin Kliehm (@kliehm) March 18, 2015

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